Table 3. Number of women with a score ≥ 3 on any of the IES items and ≥ 1 at any of the EPDS items at all four assessments.

High score were considered ≥ 3 for the IES and ≥ 1 for EPDS.

Question-naire	Item	Question/wording	Study group N = 48 (N, %)	Comp-arison group N = 105 (N, %)	P-value*
IES	# 1	Any reminder brought back the feelings about it	14 (50)	24 (23)	0.524
	# 2	I had trouble staying asleep	8 (17)	13 (12)	0.644
	# 3	Other things kept making me think about it	9 (19)	4 (4)	0.006
	# 4	I felt irritable and angry	11 (23)	8 (8)	0.016
	# 6	I thought about it when I didn’t mean to	7 (15)	1 (1)	0.002
	# 20	I had trouble concentrating	9 (19)	0	<0.001
EPDS	# 3	I have blamed myself unnecessarily when things went wrong	11 (23)	5 (5)	0.002
	# 4	I have been anxious or worried for no good reason	11 (23)	10 (10)	0.048
	# 6	Things have been getting on top of me	24 (50)	14 (13)	<0.001
	# 7	I have been so unhappy that I have had difficulty sleeping	10 (21)	0	<0.001
	# 8	I have felt sad and miserable	18 (38)	2 (2)	<0.001
	# 9	I have been so unhappy that I have been crying	11 (23)	0	<0.001

Abbreviations: IES Impact of Event Scale, EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

* Chi-squared test.